“Before entering any occupation, diligent preparation is to be undertaken.”
Book I, section 73
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)
Original
In omnibus autem negotiis priusquam adgrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero 180
Roman philosopher and statesman -106–-43 BCRelated quotes
Sunday Times August 30, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article6814702.ece
Quoted in "World Marxist Review" - Page 20 - Communism - 1962
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
As quoted in Sophia's Fire (2005) by Sango Mbella, p. 133.
“Until the occupation of our land is over, we cannot make any deals.”
Source: "Crimean leader visiting Canada urges strong sanctions against Russia" in CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crimean-leader-no-deals-1.3588026 (18 May 2016)
“Preparation and planning are everything - ask any chef.”
Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), p.99
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11
“For hunger is a sauce, well blended and prepared, for any food.”
Qu'a toz mangiers est sausse fains
Bien destanpree et bien confite.
Source: Yvain or Le Chevalier au Lion, Line 2854
The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: The institutions of the Ruler are rooted in his own character and conduct, and sufficient attestation of them is given by the masses of the people. He examines them by comparison with those of the three kings, and finds them without mistake. He sets them up before Heaven and Earth, and finds nothing in them contrary to their mode of operation. He presents himself with them before spiritual beings, and no doubts about them arise. He is prepared to wait for the rise of a sage a hundred ages after, and has no misgivings. His presenting himself with his institutions before spiritual beings, without any doubts arising about them, shows that he knows Heaven. His being prepared, without any misgivings, to wait for the rise of a sage a hundred ages after, shows that he knows men.
Stages on Life's Way, 1845 (Hong) p. 124
1840s, Stages on Life's Way (1845)
Context: I was brought up in the Christian religion, and although I can scarcely sanction all the improper attempts to gain the emancipation of woman, all paganlike reminiscences also seem foolish to me. My brief and simple opinion is that woman is certainly as good as man-period. Any more discursive elaboration of the difference between the sexes or deliberation on which sex is superior is an idle intellectual occupation for loafers and bachelors.